9.7: How Do You Spell Long ‘oo’?

How Do You Spell [u], Long ‘oo’?

How Do You Spell\begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*}[u¯], Long ‘oo’?

1. You can hear long ‘oo’, \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*}[u¯], in the word crude. Long ‘oo’ is usually spelled with a \begin{align*}<\mathrm{u}>\end{align*}<u> or an <o>. Underline the letters that are spelling \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*}[u¯] in the following words:

7. There are two other patterns that have long vowels at their heads. The first one is written CV#: When <e>, \begin{align*} <\mathrm{i}> \end{align*}, <o>, \begin{align*} <\mathrm{u}> \end{align*}, or <y> are the last letter in a word , they spell a long sound. Find the three words in your list of \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*} words that fit the CV# pattern:

Words with \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*} in the CV# pattern ...

\begin{align*} & who && to && two \end{align*}

6. The second new pattern is quite different from any of the others: When two separate vowel sounds come one right after the other, the first vowel sound will be long — as in words like lion and cruel. We write this pattern V.V. The dot between the V's reminds us that the vowel letters are spelling two separate vowel sounds.

Words with \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*} in the V.V pattern...

\begin{align*} & suicide && influence && cruel && ruin\end{align*}

7. So far you have worked with eight vowel patterns: VCV, VCC, CVC#, VCle, VCCle, CV#, Ve#, and V.V. Sort the eight patterns into these two groups:

Patterns that have first vowels that are ...

short

long

VCC

VCV

CVC#

VCle

VCCle

CV#

Ve#

V.V

Teaching Notes.

For more on the spelling of \begin{align*}[\bar{\mathrm{u}}]\end{align*}, see AES, pp. 288-96. For more on the vowel patterns, see pp. 90-111.